What do you use to track trials in food R&D?

Hey all!

Wondering what people actually use to manage product R&D work day-to-day.

Do you track trials, batches, results, and new versions somewhere proper, or is it Excel plus a few docs? Curious to see if anyone has a particular set of tools they recommend using? I have been thinking of using something like Jira but thought there might be a few different options out there.

Mostly trying to work out what setups stay clean after a few projects. The thing I want to avoid is reformulating six months later and then spending a lot of time remembering where I left everything off.

Thanks!

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u/FunctionPast742 — 1 day ago

Hey everyone,

Want to know from people running/working in labs, what's the best way to manage supplies and equipment ordering?

Figuring out what can be efficient, it is still best done manually (spreadsheets, email chains, etc) or has anyone had success maybe with AI (chatgpt / claude).

Thanks!

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u/FunctionPast742 — 4 months ago

Hey everyone,

I'm curious what people are actually using to manage pipelines and day to day work?

like do you track runs, jobs, datasets, results somewhere or is it all scripts + notes? Do you use products like nextflow / snakemake and/or a kanban tool ( like jira) or something else?

mainly trying to understand what the great setups are that feels clean and not messy after a few projects

Thanks!

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u/FunctionPast742 — 4 months ago